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US and Saudi Arabia Launch Strikes Against Iran and Proxies Amid Regional Escalation

evening · · thread: US and Iran Pause Military Strikes Amid Continued Drone Attacks on Saudi Oil Sites

25 sources across 17 countries · 2 of them are linked to a state

Who reported this

  • UOL Brazil · Centre-left · Grupo Folha
  • CNN Brasil Brazil · Centre · Rubens Menin (MRV)
  • Folha de S.Paulo Brazil · Centre · Grupo Folha (Frias family)
  • Haaretz Israel · Left · Schocken family and M. DuMont Schauberg
  • The Times of Israel Israel · Centre · Seth Klarman (majority backer)
  • The Jerusalem Post Israel · Centre-right · Mirkaei Tikshoret (Eli Azur)
  • elDiarioAR Argentina · Centre-left · Newsroom-majority owned, membership funded
  • La Nacion Argentina · Centre-right · Saguier family
  • Asahi Shimbun Japan · Centre-left · Asahi Shimbun Company (family and employee held)
  • The Japan Times Japan · Centre · News2u Holdings
  • Financial Times United Kingdom · Centre · Nikkei Inc.
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation
  • Al-Monitor United States · Centre · Jamal Daniel
  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative
  • El Tiempo Colombia · Centre-right · Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (Grupo Aval)
  • France 24 France · Centre · Public · France Medias Monde (French state holding)
  • The Jakarta Post Indonesia · Centre-left · PT Bina Media Tenggara
  • ANSA Italy · Centre · Publisher cooperative
  • Dawn Pakistan · Centre-left · Pakistan Herald Publications (Haroon family)
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • The Straits Times Singapore · Centre-right · State-affiliated · SPH Media Trust; management shares under the NPPA
  • Business Day South Africa · Centre-right · Arena Holdings (Lebashe Investment Group)
  • The Korea Herald South Korea · Centre-right · Herald Corporation (Yeongpoong Group)
  • El Pais Spain · Centre-left · Grupo PRISA
  • Neue Zuercher Zeitung Switzerland · Centre-right · Dispersed shareholders, no controlling stake

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The United States military conducted a heavy wave of retaliatory strikes against Iran on Thursday, targeting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command centers, missile facilities, and drone sites after Tehran launched missiles at American bases in Jordan. This escalation follows several days of heightened conflict across the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia joined the US on Wednesday to carry out joint airstrikes against Iran aligned militias in Iraq. These strikes targeted logistics and weapons sites belonging to groups such as the Hashed al-Shaabi alliance after drone attacks hit Saudi oil facilities. While some reports indicate these operations were coordinated with the Iraqi government, officials in Baghdad denounced the strikes as acts of aggression.

The conflict has expanded to other regional actors this week. Jordan reported intercepting Iranian missiles for two consecutive days, while Kuwait announced that an Iranian strike on a building owned by a Chinese company killed one worker. Additionally, drone attacks hit a gas port in Egypt, damaging two ships including an American vessel, marking the first time Egyptian territory has been targeted since February.

Despite the military activity, Pakistan acting as a mediator stated that negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain ongoing to de-escalate tensions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This follows a brief pause in fighting initiated by President Donald Trump for talks that Iran has denied occurred. The instability has caused oil prices to surge, with Brent crude trading near 90 US dollars per barrel.

Outlets with center right leans frame these events as necessary responses to Iranian aggression and proxy coordination, emphasizing the strategic need to protect critical infrastructure. Outlets with center left leans highlight the risks of wider regional escalation and point to potential limitations in US military stockpiles and domestic political pressure on President Trump.

How each side framed it

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Focuses on the sequence of retaliatory events and the ongoing diplomatic efforts mediated by Pakistan.

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